Photodynamic Therapy in Pythium insidiosum – An In Vitro Study of the Correlation of Sensitizer Localization and Cell Death

Pythiosis is an infectious disease caused by Pythium insidiosum, a fungus-like organism. Due to the lack of ergosterol on its cell membrane, antibiotic therapy is ineffective. The conventional treatment is surgery, but lesion recurrence is frequent, requiring several resections or limb amputation. P...

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Autores principales: Pires, Layla, Bosco, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes, Baptista, Maurício S., Kurachi, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085431

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085431

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